Weather War, The

In a blend of land art performance and road movie, Swedish artist duo Bigert and Bergström travel to the U.S. tornado belt with their special machine-sculpture, the Tornado Diverter. The […]

Happiness

Peyangki is a dreamy and solitary eight-year-old monk living with his mother in the remote village of Laya in Bhutan. TV will soon come to the village. In 1999, King […]

Metamorphosen

Set in Russia’s south Ural region, this documentary, filmed in black and white, tells the story of living in an area with some of the largest amounts of radioactive contamination […]

Pilgrims and Tourists

Around the world, indigenous communities stand in the way of government megaprojects. In the Russian Republic of Altai, traditional native people create their own mountain parks to rein in tourism […]

Profit and Loss

From Papua New Guinea’s rainforests to Canada’s tar sands, this film exposes industrial threats to native peoples’ health, livelihood and cultural survival. In Papua New Guinea, a Chinese government-owned nickel […]

Standing On Sacred Ground: Fire and Ice

From Ethiopia to Peru, indigenous customs protect biodiversity on sacred lands under pressure from religious conflicts and climate change. In the Gamo Highlands of Ethiopia, scientists confirm the benefits of […]

Ghosts In Our Machine, The

Through the heart and photographic lens of acclaimed photographer Jo-Anne McArthur, we become intimately familiar with a cast of non-human animals. The film follows Jo-Anne over the course of a […]

Jungle School, The

Learn about an adventurous teacher who wants to change the lives of villagers living in the rain forest of Sumatra, but in the process questions nearly everything she previously thought […]

Parrot Confidential

Meet Lou. Abandoned in a foreclosed home, Lou is one of thousands of parrots in need of rescue. From the wilds of Costa Rica to suburban America, a lovable, quirky […]

Islands of Sanctuary

Native Hawaiians and Aboriginal Australians resist threats to their sacred places in a growing international movement to defend human rights and protect the environment. In Australia’s Northern Territory, Aboriginal clans […]